A 28-year-old painter died on Thursday morning in a tragic incident of electrocution in Devarachikkanahalli. The Bommanahalli police have initiated an investigation and filed a case against the responsible Bescom officials.
The deceased has been identified as Mirazul Islam, a resident of Yajamana Layout in Beguru.
According to the complaint filed by Islam’s friend Shamshuddin, a plumber, Islam and his brother-in-law had gone to a hardware shop on Devarachikkanahalli Road around 9 am to purchase paint. Islam parked his scooter next to an electric pole.
